The Jilting of Granny Weatherall and Worn Path

The short stories, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall?by Catherine Anne Porter and “A Worn Path?by Eudora Welty, have many similarities as well as differences. Both stories have a simple plot with a theme that is symbolic of their lives. These stories include great characterization, description of elements in the stories, and the point of view. Granny Weatherall is characterized as a very old lady who is extremely stubborn and bedridden. Granny Weatherall is …

…telling the story as she goes along which makes it a present ,although the story is reflecting her entire hard life. “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall?and “A Worn Path?are very similar yet different at the same time. They both have simple plots with themes that represent their lives. They have similar elements of a story, and great characterization. The two stories have different points of view but they get the same point across.